Sash-holder



E. OLSON.

SASH HOLDER.

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1,369,462. Patented Feb.22,1921.

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UNITED STATES EMIL OLSON, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO OLSON MANUFACTURING GOR-y PATENT oFFlcE.

PORATION, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, A. CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

SABE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 22, 1921.

Application led May 17, 1919, Serial No. 297,789. Renewed May`22, 1920. Serial No. 383,572.'

To all whom z't may concern:

Be it known that I, EMIL OLSON, a citizen of the United States and resident of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sash-Holders, of. which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to sash holders and more particularly to the type in which a frame is mounted upon the meeting rail of the lower sash and carries a wed e member for coperation with a stile of t e upper sash for the purpose of preventing the lowering of such upper sash or the raising of the lower sash and at the same time acting as an anti-rattler, an object of this invention being to provide an improved mounting of the wedging member on the supporting frame which will facilitate the movement of the latter to and from wedging position while permitting the wedging member to adapt itself to the face o the sash. Still another object of the invention is to provide a supporting frame which may be shifted after the sash holder has been secured in place so that a proper engagement between the wedging member and the upper sash may be obtained.

' To these and other ends, the invention consists of certain parts and combinations of parts, all of which will be hereinafter described, the novel features being pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a vertical section through two sashes adjacent the meeting rails showing the sash holder` forming the Subjectmatter of this invention mounted in position;

Fig. 2 is a vertical central section through the sash holder on lthe line 2-2, Fig. 3;

Y Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the lines 3 3, Figs. 1 and 2; and

Fig. 4 is a detail view of the Spring.

AReferring more particularly to the drawings, 1 indicates the meeting rail of the lower sash, 2 the meeting rail of the upper sash and 3 the stile of the upper sash. On the'top surface of the upper sash, a base plate or piece 4 is secured, preferably by a single screw or fastener 5 passed therethrough to permit the plate to be held to the sash rail and at the same to be turned about a vertical or upright axis. This base late preferably has two upwardly extending projections 6 and 7, said projections in this instance being cut from the metal of the plate and bent upwardly, the projection 6 being of T formation while the projection 7 has a screw threaded opening 8. These projections serve asguides for a supporting frame and also act to hold the supporting frame to the base plate.

The supporting frame, in this instance comprises a base portion 9 slotted at 10 an 11 to receive the projections 6 and 7 and having at its front edge, an upwardly turned portion 12 formed with a notch 13 in which is the annularly grooved head 14 of a screw 15, this screw turning in the flange 12 and being held against axial movement by its annularly grooved'head with the screw portion en aging the screw threaded opening in the' ug or projection 7. By this arrangement, the frame may be shifted on the base plate 1 toward and from the upper sash for the purpose of carrying the parts on the supporting frame toward or from said sash. The supporting frame also has two upwardly projecting arms 16 at opposite sides thereof, these arms being connected by a pivot pin 17 which preferably projects both the outer faces of said arms and has disks Aor rollers 18 mounted to turn thereon.

Arranged t0 coperate with the rollers or disks 18 is a wedging holding member. This wedging holding member 1n this instance comprises a sash engaging portion 21 formed' with laterally extended varms 22 Whose edges are inclined or beveled at 23 to coperate with thefrollers 18. The inner faces of these flanges 22 coperate with the outer faces ofthe arm 16 on the supporting frame So that the wedging member is held against sidewise movement. Preferably the engaging face 21 is formed with a circular depression 24 in which is received a disk 25 of friction material such as rubber.

The wedging holding member is preferably arranged upon a supporting lever 19 and to this end a pin 26 connects the laterally extending portion and on this pin the depending arms 21a of the supporting lever 19 are pivoted. This supporting lever is preferably formed from a single piece of Sheet metal with an operating portion 20 and the two depending arms 21a at opposite sides, these arms 21 being slotted at 22 and having the pin 17 extending therethrough, thus providing a shifting fulcrum on the pin. A spring is bent between its ends to provide aL U shaped arm 23a bearing yagainst the under side of the lever, two coils 24a surrounding the pivot pin 17 and two spring arms 25 extending downwardly and bearing against the top surface oit' the base portion of the supporting frame. This spring tends not onlv to swing the operating portionv 20 of the supporting lever in an upward direction, but it also acts to shift the operating lever on the pvot 17 so that the parts normally assume the positions shown in Fig. 2.

In using the sash holder, the base plate 4 is first secured on vthe meeting rail 1 by the screw 5 after which the supporting lever and the wedging holding member, all of which are connected together, are assembled upon the base plate, the screw 15 being employed for shifting these plate until a proper binding action is obtained between the upper sash and the wedging holding member. The screws act as a pivot which will permit the engaging surface of the wedging holding member to operate in parallelism with the face of the sash to be engaged. The Weight of the upper sash as well as the spring tends to move the wedging holding member downwardly with reference to the supporting frame of the sash holder, thus causing the wedging holdin member to bind between the rollers 18 an the upper sash so that the upper sash is` rmly held against any downward movement with reference to the lower sash. The upper sash may however, be raised without operating the sash holder. Should it be desired to lower the upper sash or raise the lower sash, the supporting and operating lever is depressed at its end 20, thus shifting the wedging holding member upward with reference to the rollers 18 and freeing the upper sash from the lower sash so that either of these parts may be moved in the desired direction.A With the release of the lever 19, the spring operating upon the supporting lever 19 as well as the weight of the upper sash tends to establish the holding action.

Vith this construction the operation of the wedging holding member is facilitated due to the fact that the supporting frame and the wedging holding mem-ber are provided, one with an inclined surface and the other with a roller engaging the inclined surface, this coperation permitting the wedging member also to rock to adapt itself to the surface of the sash. The engaging face of the wedging holding member may not only be made parallel with the adjacent face of the upper sash due to the pivot screw 5, but proper binding action between the wedging holding member and the sash may be obtained through the adjusting screw 15.

What I ,claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

v 1. A sash holder comprising a supporting parts on the base,

frame, and a wedging holding member for engaging said sash, one of which is provided with an inclined surface and the other of which carries a roller cooperating with said surface and permitting the rocking of the wedging member to adapt said wedging holding member to the face of the sash.

2. A sash holder comprising a supporting frame, a wedging holding member for engaging the sash, movably mounted on the frame, and a roller on the frame with which said wedging holding member cooperates.

3. A sash holder comprising a supporting frame, a wedging holding member for enraging the sash, movably mounted onthe frame and having two flanges at opposite sides provided with inclined edges, and two rollers supported on ,the frame for coperating with said inclined edges of the wedging holding member.v

4. A sash holder comprising a supporting frame having two upwardly extending arms, a wedging holding member for en aging the sash having two flanges provide with inclined edges lying on the outer faces of the arms, two rollers arranged on the outer facesV of the arms for coperation with the inclined edges, and a supporting lever pivotally mounted between the arms and supporting thek wedging holding member.

5.k A sash holder comprising a supporting frame having `two upwardly extending arms, a wedging` vholding member having two fianges provided with inclined edges, a pivot pin extending through said arms, and proj ecting from opposite sides thereof, two rollers arranged on the projecting ends lof the pivot pin for cooperation with the inclined edges of the wedging holding member, and a supporting lever pivoted on the pin between the arms and pivotally connected with the wedging holding member.

6. A sash holder .com rising a supporting frame, means securing tiie frame to permit it to turn about .an upright axis, a wedging holding member movable on said frame and having an engaging face adapted to Vbe brought into parallelism with the sash upon the turning of the frame about the upright axis.

7. A sash holdercomprising a supporting frame, a wedging holding Vmember on the frame for engaging the sash, a base iece, and means for adjusting a supporting rame on the base piece to increase or decrease the action of the wedging holding member. i

8. A sash holder comprising a base piece having two lugs extending upwardly therefrom, one of said lugs being of T formation and the other of said lugs having a screw opening, a supporting frame in the base.

portion formed with two slots receiving said lugs, a screw rotatably mounted on the supporting frame and engaging'in the screw opening of one of the lugs Afor the .purpose iso of adjusting the sup ortin frame on the base piece, and a. We ging olding member mounted on the supporting frame.

9. A sash holder comprising a. supporting frame, a wedging holding member for engaging with the sash, one of said parts being provided with an inclined surface and the other of said parts carrying a roller coperating with said surface and permitting the rocking of the Wedging member to adapt 10 said Wedging member to the surface of the sash, and a lever pivotally mounted on the supporting frame and connecting with the Wedging holding member for effecting the movement of Said Wedgng holding member. 15

n EMIL OLSON. 

